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> In particular, whats to stop ME from grabbing the code, and then giving it to Microsoft? Microsoft not wanting to wade into that mess. https://news.ycombina
by jasonlotito 8y ago
> In particular, whats to stop ME from grabbing the code, and then giving it to Microsoft?
Microsoft not wanting to wade into that mess.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17865360 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17865360
> And what enforcement mechanism do you plan if you ever discover that Microsoft is using your code?
The same enforcement mechanisms they were using before.
- dragontamer 8y ago> The same enforcement mechanisms they were using before. When you publish an MIT-licensed piece of code, you're basically saying "I don't really care about enforcement. Please be nice and leave the license information here." There's practically no good way to enforce an MIT license, if only because you've given all rights to the product away already. ----------- But by saying "I don't want Microsoft to use this product", now you actually are saying you care somewhat about how your product is used. Which now begs the question: how do you enforce that? GNU has lawyers who protect their copyleft license, and are willing to take you to court on the issue for example.
- jasonlotito 8y ago> There's practically no good way to enforce an MIT license, if only because you've given all rights to the product away already. This is 100% untrue, making the rest of your comment meaningless and useless.